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Episode 147: What We Carry: The Wounded Healer

September 22, 2026

What happens when the experiences that have wounded us become part of the way we connect with and help others?Dr. Meyers sits down with Daniela Richards, a social worker who works with mothers and babies experiencing homelessness. She shares her journey as an international adoptee and how her own experiences of loss, abandonment, identity, trauma and connection have shaped the way she understands and relates to the women she serves.Together, they explore the idea of the “wounded healer”; the ...

Episode 146: Why Losing Weight is about More than Weight

September 08, 2026

We often think weight loss and body image are about changing the body. But for many people, the struggle with weight is really about something else entirely.In this episode, Dr. Meyers explores what sits beneath the struggle with weight and body image: the quiet emotional experiences that often go unnamed: not feeling enough, not feeling seen, carrying shame, or trying to gain a sense of control. She explores the connections between self-worth, emotional eating, perfectionism and the number o...

Episode 145: Grief, Caregiving & Facing Mortality: How Loss Changes Us

August 25, 2026

Dr. Meyers talks with Laura Himmelstein, LCSW, for an intimate and reflective conversation about grief, caregiving, dementia, aging, caregiver burnout, cognitive decline, and mortality.Drawing from both her clinical work and personal experience caring for her mother through dementia, Laura shares the emotional complexity of witnessing cognitive decline, navigating caregiver exhaustion, and grieving someone before they are physically gone. Together, they explore anticipatory grief, the ambiguo...